James and Lucy Perkins JamesandLucyPerkins@juno.com --------- Begin forwarded message ---------- From: john.perkins@juno.com To: jamesandlucyperkins@juno.com Subject: Re: 733pend <733pend@concentric.net>: Perkins Roll Call Date: Sun, 26 Oct 1997 21:50:25 EST Message-ID: <19971026.200455.4263.1.John.Perkins@juno.com> References: <19971026.173211.11454.0.JamesandLucyPerkins@juno.com> I have quite a bit of information on the Perkins family descended from Elias Perkins of New London, he is my 4 times great-grandfatehr, I am descended from his son, Thomas Shaw Perkins. Elias Perkins married Elizabeth Shaw Woodbridge. I have put together a book tracing Elias Perkins back to England to the year 1381, not able to trace farther back than that because during a Peasan't Revolt many records were destroyed. Elias Perkins family was originally from Lisbon, Connecticut very near Norwich, owned land where Shetucket and another river meet known as Perkins Crotch. They wer originally from Ipswich Massachusetts where they settled in 1634. They came over to Massachusetts in 1631 on a ship named the Lyon. Would be glad to share more with you. Let me know what you know about your family in Connecticut. --------- End forwarded message ----------

Carla, Thanks so much for your help. I just found out that my David Perkins was born in New Hampshire --not Conneticut like we all thought!! This really puts a wrench in everything for me--don't know if anything I have is correct anymore!!! His wife was Eunice Rogers and she was born in Conneticut and I have a marriage recorded for David Perkins and Eunice Rogers but am not sure if this is my couple anymore. They had their first child in New Hampshire!! I just found this out as well. So, how did David come to meet and marry Eunice Rogers if she was in Conneticut and he was in New Hampshire??!! And the plot thickens!!! hehehehe!! I could get a headache if I wasn't having so much fun! Well, thanks again for all your help!! Ronnie mira@eagledesign.com At 01:12 AM 10/23/97 -0700, you wrote: >Ronnie, I have been looking in my files for David Perkins, have quite a >few, with the Jonathan Perkins added - I came up with a possible family >that went from Ipswich, MA to Norwich, CT. May be a lead in there some >where. I will continue looking for a family with a David that went from >MA to CT, also. Down a bit is..5 Jonathan PERKINS Carla. > >Descendants of Joseph Sr. PERKINS > > 1 Joseph Sr. Perkins b: June 21, 1674 Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA >d: September 06, 1726 Norwich, Connecticut, USA >.. +Martha Morgan b: 1680 d: October 1754 Norwich, Connecticut, USA >m: May 22, 1700 >. 2 Elizabeth Perkins b: November 05, 1701 Norwich, Connecticut, >USA >. 2 Joseph Jr. Perkins b: October 25, 1704 Norwich, Connecticut, USA >d: July 07, 1794 >..... +Mary Bushnall b: 1707 d: 1795 m: July 23, 1730 >..... 3 Andrew Perkins b: July 17, 1743 Norwich, Connecticut, USA >......... +Anne Turner b: 1747 d: June 12, 1785 m: October 21, >1766 >......... 4 Anne Perkins >............. +Gurden Huntington >. 2 Martha Perkins b: August 21, 1705 Norwich, Connecticut, USA >. 2 John Perkins b: October 05, 1709 Norwich, Connecticut, USA >. 2 Jerusha Perkins b: September 01, 1711 Norwich, Connecticut, USA >. 2 Mathew Perkins b: August 21, 1713 Norwich, Connecticut, USA d: >May 17, 1773 Lisbon, Connecticut, USA >..... +Hanna Bishop b: 1724 d: 1809 m: April 19, 1739 >..... 3 Ephraim Perkins b: Lisbon, Connecticut, USA >..... 3 Joshua Perkins b: Lisbon, Connecticut, USA d: November 13, >1832 >......... +Abigail Bishop d: April 06, 1825 >......... 4 Tabitha Perkins b: Norwich, Connecticut, USA >............. +Benjamin Burnham b: Lisbon, Connecticut, USA >......... 4 Sarah Perkins b: Norwich, Connecticut, USA >............. +Rufus Johnson b: Canterbury, Connecticut, USA >......... 4 Nathaniel Perkins b: Norwich, Connecticut, USA >......... 4 Azariah Perkins b: Norwich, Connecticut, USA >......... 4 Daniel Perkins b: Norwich, Connecticut, USA >......... 4 Corning Perkins b: Norwich, Connecticut, USA >......... 4 Clarissa Perkins b: Norwich, Connecticut, USA >......... 4 Charles Perkins b: Norwich, Connecticut, USA >............. +Betsey Payne >............. 5 Jonathan PERKINS >............. 5 Elizabeth Perkins >............. 5 Joshua Perkins >............. 5 Olive Perkins >............. 5 Abigail Perkins >......... 4 Abigail Perkins b: November 19, 1765 Norwich, Connecticut, >USA >............. +Barnabas Huntington b: July 07, 1764 Connecticut, USA >............. 5 Clarissa Huntington b: May 03, 1791 Franklin, >Connecticut, USA >................. +Martin Bottom m: February 18, 1810 >............. *2nd Husband of Clarissa Huntington: >................. +Rufus Smith m: April 18, 1820 >............. 5 Lucy Huntington b: September 10, 1794 Franklin, >Connecticut, USA >................. +Barzillai Bishop >............. 5 Barnabas Jr. Huntington b: June 30, 1800 Franklin, >Connecticut, USA >................. +Juliet Morgan m: October 13, 1823 >..... 3 Samuel Perkins b: Lisbon, Connecticut, USA >..... 3 Enoch Perkins b: Lisbon, Connecticut, USA >..... 3 Frederick Perkins b: Lisbon, Connecticut, USA d: Utica, New >York, USA >......... +Eldridge >..... 3 Hannah Perkins b: Lisbon, Connecticut, USA >......... +Joseph Kirtland >..... 3 Jerusha Perkins b: Lisbon, Connecticut, USA >......... +Jabez Fox >..... 3 Judah Perkins b: Lisbon, Connecticut, USA >......... +John Staples >..... 3 Sally Perkins b: Lisbon, Connecticut, USA >......... +McKeown >..... 3 Nathan Sr. Perkins b: May 12, 1749 Lisbon, Connecticut, USA >d: June 18, 1838 West Hartford, Connecticut, USA >......... +Catharine Pitkin b: February 22, 1757 Farmington, >Connecticut, USA >......... 4 Nathan Jr. Perkins b: August 26, 1776 West Hartford, >Connecticut, USA >............. +Mabel Seymour >............. 5 Eliza Perkins >................. +George Grinnell >. 2 Deborah Perkins b: July 20, 1715 Norwich, Connecticut, USA >. 2 Ann Perkins b: July 20, 1715 Norwich, Connecticut, USA >. 2 Hannah Perkins b: 1717 Norwich, Connecticut, USA >. 2 Simon Perkins b: 1720 Norwich, Connecticut, USA >. 2 William Perkins b: 1722 Norwich, Connecticut, USA >

Hi all, Perkins is my mother-in-law's maiden name. All that I have now are names, but thought I would contributr them to Roll Call. Guy Perkins d:12-4-1968 m. Carrie Passeneau ........Guy Perkins d: 1991 ........Robert Perkins d: 1992 ........Dorothy Perkins d: 1993 ........Charmaine Perkins d: 1989 Siblings of Guy Perkins: Mildred Perkins Bernice perkins Dorothy Perkins Fred Perkins ........John ........Barbera Anyone recognize these names? Thank you, Susan DeLucahome@aol.com

I received an amazing amount of mail regarding EBENEZER, and I would like to post what I have, and gather all information on additional husbands, wives and their children. Then, repost it here. EBENEZER PERKINS b 3 Feb 1681 in Ipswich Ma. married 1st wife (possible Margaret Stewart?) had EBENEZER JR b1706 he m ABIGAL PRATT 5-22 1742 Coventry RI EBENEZER PERKINS b 3 Feb 1681 m 2nd wife HANNAH SAFFORD 14 Aug 1710 in Preston Ct. HANNAH SAFFORD was b 24 Sep 1691. Children of EBENEZER & HANNAH were: NEWMAN PERKINS b 8 Mar 1711 SAMUEL PERKINS b 10 May 1712 OLIVER PERKINS b 4-29-1713 CHARITY PERKINS b 7-4-1714 ELLENHER (twin) PERKINS b 18 Jul 1718 VALENTINE (twin) PERKINS b 18 Jul 1718 LEMEUEL PERKINS b 1 Jul 1721 EBENEZER PERKINS b 1 Jul 1721 JOHN PERKINS no dates FRANCIS PERKINS no dates NEWMAN PERKINS m MEHITABLE GODFREY 29 Oct 1732 OLIVER PERKINS m HANNAH GATES 10 Jan 1733 CHARITY PERKINS m THOMAS RATHBUN 31 Dec 1732 Any matches out there? Peg

Hi Brenda: Is your Augustus PERKINS happen to be Af-AMerican. Some of your names/dates match to a PERKINS line of mine, however they are Af-American. LBALL3466@aol.com Linda

I have the following Augustus PERKINS. He lived his adult life in Oneida Co., NY. I can find nothing on his family. Thanks. Brenda Descendants of Augustus M. Perkins 1 Augustus M. Perkins b: June 1858 in Vermont +Hanna Hoffman b: August 1858 in Germany 2 Mae E. Perkins b: June 1887 in New York +William J. O'Neill 2 George Augustus Perkins;b: April 02, 1889 in NY;d: March 19, 1979 in Buffalo, NY +Marie Elnora Kunz b: April 1886 in Bern, Switzerland;d: March 03, 1964 in Buffalo, NY 2 Helen Perkins b: March 1895 in New York

Hi all - I am seeking the ancestry of my adopted son through his natural father Michael Edward Perkins. What little we know is below. If anyone can help, it would be sincerely appreciated. Ed Erdmann Austin, TX Descendants of: ? Perkins 1 ? Perkins #597 m. Gladys ? #598 2 Lawrence Edward Perkins #416 b. _____ d. 10 Feb 1989 Ft. Pierce, FL m. Helen Louise Warner #417 3 Michael Edward Perkins #116 b. 15 Jul 1947 Toledo, OH d. 13 Jan 1987 Ft. Pierce, FL m. 9 Nov 1968 Toledo, OH Suzanne Hollopeter #2 b. 6 May 1948 Toledo Hospital, Toledo, OH 4 Jason Michael Perkins #117 b. 9 Dec 1969 St. Vincent's Hospital, Toledo, OH 3 Christine Stafford Perkins #623 b. 4 Jul 1952 m. Tim Pfleghaar #622 4 Aaron Pfleghaar #624 b. ?? ___ 1983 4 Todd Pfleghaar #625 b. ?? ___ 1985 4 Tim Pfleghaar #626 3 Todd Perkins #627 b. ?? ___ 1962 2 Jack Perkins #599 m. Arden ? #1201 3 Paige Perkins #1202 3 Shawn Perkins #1203

Dow Perkins was the most accurate. If you have this, look closely though at where John Perkins, Sr. was born. It was Hillmorton Parish, Warwickshire, not Newent Gloucester. All the bapt. and marriage records are in those Parish Records. All but his last child were bapt. at St. John the Baptist Church in Hillmorton Parish. The records are on microfilm also. Paula

Finally got my Perkins straight, I think, so I could post them. What with the repeating names and brothers marrying widows of brothers that were also half-sisters of brother-in-laws, it took awhile. I would appreciate ANY information. Harriette Daniel Sharpe PERKINS (b. abt 1812 VT, d. 2 Jun 1878) m. Lydia Symanthia Chamberlain (b. abt 1820 VT) Children: Lucretia (b.20 May 1841 Bernard, Windsor Co. VT) Clara Agnes (b. 23 Aug 1840 VT, d.19 Jan 1916 Crescent, Logan Co. OK) m. Jesse Hawkins Hoisington (b. 1824 Woodstock VT, d.1894 Anson KS) Ella J. (b. 1848 VT) Daniel S. (b. abt 1850 VT) See below. John E. (b. abt 1857 IA) See below. Daniel S. PERKINS m. Lydia Mahalia Hoisington (b. 7 Nov 1849 OH, d. 14 Jan 1931) 23 Mar 1871 Guthrie, Logan Co. OK Children: Lydia Almira (b.4 Oct 1873 Milford IL) Mary A. (b. 24 Mar 1876) John E. PERKINS (d. 1894) m. Lydia Mahalia Hoisington [widow of his brother Daniel S.] Jan 1878 Decatur, Wisconsin Co. TX Children: Clara E. (b. 18 Apr 1880, d. 15 Aug 1917) John W. (b. Dec 1881) Frank Ed (b. 12 Dec. 1887, d. Jan 1888) Louis J. (b. 23 Jun 1890) researching: COMBS, DAVIS, HARDIN, HATFIELD, HOISINGTON, MILLS, MOORE, MORRIS, PERKINS, SPURGEON, BERGER, and JONES (Brown Co.OH) To subscribe to the HOISINGTON Mailing List, send e-mail to hariji@sirius.com USGENWEB Coordinator for: http://www.rootsweb.com/~okkay/okkay.htm Kay County, OK http://www.rootsweb.com/~oklogan/oklogan.htm Logan County, OK http://www.rootsweb.com/~kssumner/kssumner.htm Sumner County, KS

Looking for any information on Perkins connected to the following: Wm. Vincent, b. 15Feb 1874, d. 15Sep 1970, LA sp. Hester Amanda Buxton, b. Nov 1885, d. 12Nov 1949, LA Their children: 1)Merle, b. 13Jul 1903, d.2Jun 1978, LA sp. Nora Ellen Smith 2)Jerry, b. about 1904, d. about 1953, LA sp. Alice Hyatt sp. Mittie------ 3)Lloyd L. "Curly", b.28Feb 1906, d. 11Apr 1972, LA sp. Jessie Simmons sp. Helen McCloud 4)Hettie, b. about 1910, LA sp. John T. Perkins 5)Leo Thomas, b.18Sep 1913, d.18Dec 1979, LA sp. Amy Lee Stanley 6)Ettie, b. about 1915, d. about 1934, LA sp. Edward Stanley 7)Mayo, b. 16May 1917, d. Nov 1976, LA 8)Arthur, b. 16May, 1922, d.Mar 1986, LA sp. Lucille Hoffman 9)Nettie, b. about 1924, LA sp. Billie Stanley 10)Lettie Ruth, b. 25Oct 1927, LA sp. Elwyn Laurael "Larry" Hawkins William Vincent's parents, as listed on his original SS application, were Levi/ Levy Perkins and Molina. Unsubstantiated claims that Wm. V. was orphaned at a young age. His children (including my mother Lettie) referred to Melina Beckwith/worth as their Grandmother, the woman who raised Wm. Vincent and his brother Tom Perkins. Any information on this family would be greatly appreciated. They resided in SW Louisiana, primarily Calcasieu and Beauregard Parishes. Winona Jacobsen

Maybe we will one day get it worked out with help from the family researchers in England. From Carla J. Henderson we get: 1- William Perkins, Warwickshire, England 2-Thomas-m. Alys 3-Henry 4-Thomas-abt 1542-1592, m. Alice Kebble 5-Henry-d. 1609 m. Elizabeth in 1579 6-John b. 1590, Newent, Gloucestershire, England. Died aft Mar. 1654 in Ipswich, Mass. From Allison Vachon: 1-Pierre De Morlaix-France 2-Henry Pierrekins, b. in England 3-John Perkins, b.1397 4-William,m. Margaret 5-Thomas, England 1452-1479 6-John, m. Margaret Collee 7-Thomas, b. 1495, m. 1524 to Dorothy More 8-William, b. Ufton Court, Wilshire England, m. Elizabeth 9-Frances, d. 1615, m. Anna Dan 10-Francesll, d. 1660 11-Edmond, b.1600, m. Alice Perkins 12-Edward, b. 1627 Wilshire, England, m. Elizabeth Butcher in New Haven, Conn.. From Judia Faye Kemper's Web Page: 1-John Perkins, b. 1480-1495 2-William, b. bef. 1518 in Abbots Salford, England 3-George, b bef. 1538 4-William, b. 1580 in Salford Priors, Warwick, England, m. Mary Purchase 5-Edward, b. 4 April1607 in Hillmorton Par, Warwickshire, England, m. Elizabeth Butcher in New Haven Conn.. My records,from research by Dow Perkins and Judge Paul Perkins: 1-Pierre de Morlaix [Peter Morley Perkins], b. 1320, Bretagne, France, d.1384 2-Henry Perkins, b. England 3-John, b. on Madresfield estate, d. aft. 1399 4-William, d. 1495 settled with Ufton Court estate in 1424 5-Thomas, d. 1528 in Berkshire County, m. Alys 6-Henry, b. Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England, d. 1547 7-Thomas, d. 1592--Had brother, Henry, who was the father of John Perkins Sr. of Ipswich, Mass. 8-Edward Sr., d. 1643 at Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England 9-Edward, migrated to New Haven, Conn. about 1640 If anyone can shed any more light on these would be nice. Respectively, Paul

My earliest known Perkins was Robert William Frederick Henry Perkins, b. 1796, m.1820 in Northampton County, NC. d.1842 in LA. His son, Robert Jones Perkins [1835-1896], was my great-grandfather. Laura A quote from an internet cousin: "Mary Elizabeth Gladish and her sister Julia came to LA in 1828 to Assumption Parish during the covered wagon days with the Pugh family. "Both sisters married and moved to Lafourche Parish [in LA]. Julia married Robert Perkins who started a plantation "Waverly" on the right bank of bayou Lafourche above Thibodaux. James billiu and Mary Ellizabeth started "Abby" plantation on the left bank of Bayou Lafourche above Thibodaux."

Is anyone researching, or have info on, MEREDITH PERKINS, born in Aug 1854 in Lawrence County, KY? His mother was SARAH AMELIA PERKINS. He was a local magistrate or Justice of the Peace in Lawrence Co., KY, and married MATILDA COTTON in same county around 1873. I can't seem to make any online connections with this family. Keith Pervatt

TERRIFIC! At least one Perkins has located the family of my Maachi Perkins. I searched Henrico Co Perkins and Patrick Co Perkins; but didn't look at Buckingham/Albemarle where many of my other lines originate! Many, many thanks for your help in discovering the parents of Maachi Perkins. I looked everywhere, I guess, except in the intermediate stopping off place between Henrico and Patrick Co VA/Surry Co VA, the area of North Carolina where my family was born. I was born next door in Stokes Co at the foot of the Sauratown Mountains that grace the area. Below is a Perkins story I hope you will enjoy. I do not have the exact citation because I never thought I'd use it like this, but gratitude knows no limits. The book from which this excerpt came from is an anthology of stories about people who lived in the area around Danville, Virginia. If anyone knows the name of the book and author, please let us know. The author deserves credit for telling this story about our Perkins family. Hope you enjoy it -- and if you can add anything more to my search for Maachi Perkins, and now Harden Perkins - please don't feel that my search is done. Joyce Browning ____________________ THE PERKINS HOSPITALS, 1781 Four Pittsylvania plantation homes were suddenly converted into hospitals following the battle at Guilford Court House, (North Carolina) on March 15, 1781, in order to care for the wounded of General Green's Southern Continental Army. One of these plantation homes, "Berry Hill," is standing today, a small stoutly built frame house with end chimneys which looks out across the Dan River Valley as bravely now as it did near two hundred years ago when it was built by Peter Perkins as a home for his bride. It is the one visible reminder of the Valley of the honorable part borne by our forefathers in the struggle for the freedom and independence which we enjoy today. The outlook for the American cause was dark and forbidding in the early springtime of 1781. George Washington was far in the north with the Northern Continental Army, Generals Phillips and Arnold had landed a large enemy force in eastern Virginia and were systematically laying waste this rich tidewater section. The small and ill equipped Southern Continental Army under General Nathanial Greene had fled northward before Cornwallis' superior force, across the Carolinas and into Virginia. The enemy was now on the very doorsteps of Dan Valley homes. As you know, after Greene's army had been re-inforced and equipped with arms, the General marched back into North Carolina and offered battle to Cornwallis near the present city of Greensboro. That dread day of battle was remembered well by Barton Stone, then a lad of nine years, whose widowed mother had recently moved down from Port Tobacco, Maryland, and settled in Dan Valley with her family and servants. Thomas Stone, a signer of the Declaration of Independence from Maryland, was her husband's brother. Barton Stone, one of the founders of the Church of the Disciples, wrote in his autobiography: "We knew that General Greene and Lord Cornwallis would shortly meet in mortal combat not far from us. The whole country was in great anxiety and bustle. Nothing was secure from the depredations of the Tories. My mother had some valuable horses needed for the use of the farm, and she sent me and my two older brothers to conceal them in a thicket of brushwood not far distant from home. This was to me a gloomy day. It was the day Greene and Cornwallis met at Guilford Courthouse about 30 miles distant from us. We distinctly heard the roar of the artillery and awfully feared the results." But the god of battle was with the patriots on that eventful day, and though claiming a victory, Cornwallis withdrew with his forces toward eastern Carolina. Greene decided to pursue, but first his wounded must be cared for. It is probable that General Greene called a meeting of his officers to devise plans, and one of these officers was Colonel Peter Perkins of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, who had commanded a regiment of Virginia militia in the battle. The Colonel was a man of ability and leadership, and an ardent patriot. Fully aware of the General's need of a safe retreat for his wounded, we may suppose that Colonel Perkins offered his plantation home, "Berry Hill," for a hospital, which was gratefully accepted. For the record shows that a general hospital for Greene's Southern Continental Army was maintained at Col. Peter Perkins' home in Dan Valley for three months, following the battle at Guilford Court House. When the stout wagons bearing their precious burdens of the wounded rolled into the yards at Berry Hill, there must have been great excitement on the part of the family -- children standing about wide-eyed with interest; servants running here and there, carrying out directions; while the mistress, Mrs. Perkins, was meeting innumerable calls and demands from her husband, the officers, and the doctors of the hospital-to-be. The Perkins' home was undoubtedly the center of a great number of out buildings, such as are necessary to plantation life, but with every available space used, there were many more patients than could be cared for, so the wagons moved to the nearby plantations of Constant and Nicholas Perkins, brothers of Colonel Peter, and to the home of William Harrison, a neighbor. The hopsitals were under the charge of Dr. Daniel Brown of New York State who had formerly served as surgeon in the Northern Continental Army, and there had gained valuable experience. One of his assistants was Dr. Elijah Gillett. We gain some idea of the size of the hospital's staff from an item in the Claim's Record, when one Thomas Carey is paid for shoeing "43 hourses belonging to the officers and doctors of the General Hospital kept at Col. Perkins' home." With so large a staff we judged the number of wounded was correspondingly large. An official report of Dr. Daniel Brown, written from Guilford, April 2nd, 1781, reads: "General Stevens set off for home today. Nothing I would urge could influence him to stay longer. The wounded at this place will not recover so fast from badness of wounds. We are, both hospitals, in the greatest want of Paper, hope you will have a ream sent us. While the Hospitals at Perkins are and will be well suppplied with rations, at this place I am afraid we shall suffer from Ignorance and Inaction of a Mr. Hunter who was appointed to supply us." Colonel Perkins himself acted as Commissary for the hospital, providing the necessary supplies. There was a large depot of supplies some twenty-five miles away, at Peytonsburg, but these were collected for the armies in the fields. It was necessary for Colonal Perkins to gather his own provisions. He appointed a number of young men as his assistants, James and Nicholas McCubbin, Charles Oaks, and Daniel Roberts among them. Wagons were sent far and near to collect food stuffs. William Norton was sent to Cumberland court House to bring up flour. The Colonel contributed generously from his own plantation. After the successful close of the war, courts of claims were held and the people were reimbursed for their assistance to the patriot cause. Colonel Perkins' account reads: [# = pounds sterling] "For Commisary to the General Hospital at his home for 90 days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #45.00 "For Rent of houses, beds, etc. for the use of the General Hospital at his home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #50.00 "Damages sustained by the Gen. Hospital kept at his home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #50.00 "To five horses.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #89.00 To 322 lbs. bacon, 1128 lbs. pork, 6 sheep, 60 lbs. tallow, 12 lbs. beeswax, 2 wagons, and teams for 102 days each and 105 lbs. Bar Iron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .#142.00 His entire account was . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #3376.00 However, money had little value at this time, as there was the customary inflation of wars. The other gentlemen, Mr. Harrison and Colonel Perkins' brothers were also paid #50 each for damages, and #50 for the rent of houses and beds for the use of the hospitals. The mistresses of these four Pittsylvania homes which were so suddenly converted into war hospitals, were as true patriots as their husbands and sons on the battlfields. Colonel Perkins had married a girl of the neighborhood, Agnes Wilson, a daughter of Captain Peter Wilson who began pattenting lands in the Valley in 1746. The following year, March 1747, a road was ordered to be laid out leading down Dan Valley, and Captain Wilson was appointed surveyor of the road from William Bean's plantation to the mouth of Sandy River, which lies just outside the city limits of Danville. The early and historic highway led down the north side of the river, passing the now well known plantations of Bachelor's Hall, Oak Hill, and Dan's Hill. It is said that Captain Wilson and his wife Alice were Scotch-Irish from Pennsylvania. Their daughter Agnes was reared in Dan Valley, where from earliest memory she was surrounded by an atmosphere of public interests and activities. Her father took an active part in the life of the new community, serving as a justice of the peace, and as a vestryman of the Established Church, with many civic duties to perform. During the French and Indian War he commanded a company of Virginia militia which ranged across the Blue Ridge Mountains in search of hostile Indians. Upon her marriage to young Peter Perkins, Agnes found herself still in an atmosphere of public life, for her husband was equally as active in the affairs of the community as her father had been. He too served as a presiding justice of the courts, member of the colonial vestry, and as a sheriff of the county. He represented Pittsylvania in that important convention of 1775, which took over the government of Virginia upon the break with the Mother Country. Upon the outbreak of the Revolution he was equally as active in military affairs, serving as a member of the county Committee of Safety which organized Pittsylvania for defense. He served as captain of one of the militia companies in the Indian campaign of 1776, ranging the far western frontiers. As we have seen, he commanded a regiment at the battle of Guilford. When apprised by her husband that their home was to become a military hospital, we can be sure that Agnes accepted it as a matter of course, and cheerfully cooperated. Peter Perkins and his brothers, Constant, Nicholas and Thomas, were the sons of Nicholas Perkins, Sr. of Hanover County who purchased lands along Dan River in 1755. Their sister, Elizabeth Perkins, married during the Revolutionary War Colonel William Letcher, and became the great grandmother of the distinguished soldier, General J. E. B. Stuart. Constant Perkins inherited his father's home on the south side of the river. Today there are traces of an old roadway that once led up the south side of the river, in the great bend that is made by the Dan. The poet tells us that an old road has a soul, fused of all the souls that have passed that way, those roads hold out beckoning fingers." Then the old roads that lead up Dan River on both sides, the north and the south, must be fraught with the hopes and dreams of the patriotic men and women of the Revolutionary era! Constant Perkins married Agatha Marr, the daughter of Mr. Gideon Marr, a distinguished lawyer of Goochland and Ameila Counties, who purchased lands along Dan River in 1768. Agatha was either a bride or a grown young lady when she came to Dan Valley to live. There were no children in her home.* Nicholas Perkins, the third brother, maried Leah Pryor, the daughter of Mr. John Pryor of North Carolina. Leah was a member of a large family, and was reared in historic old Orange County, of which the picturesque town of Hillsboro is the county seat. In a tax list of 1782 Nicholas Perkins is listed as the owner of 26 taxable slaves (that is over 16 years of age), Constant Perkins as owner of 18 slaves, and Colonel Peter as the owner of 25 slaves. It was not until the turn of 1800 that those large slave-tobacco plantations developed, for which the section was well known. The first separate Baptist Church in Virginia was built upon land given to this new faith by Mr. Nicholas Perkins in the year 1767. This church, known as the Dan River Church, was the mother church of all the Baptist churches in the state. The early records of the church are extant, and while they do not show that the Perkins family became converts, we can be sure that Mr. Perkins often entertained members of the congregation at Sunday dinner, for it has long been a custom in rural Virginia to combine social and religious observances. There were many children in Leah's home, and in later years her's was one of the many families which moved from Viginia to the newer lands of Tennessee. William Harrison, whose home also became a military hospital, was a recent settler along the Dan River, having purchased a thousand acres from William Bean in 1770. We have noted that Bean's home was the point from which the first road was ordered to be surveyed down Dan Valley. Bean was a hardy soul, a true pioneer, and was now moving out to the Tennessee country. The historian Robertson says that , "With the erection of Bean's cabin on the Watauga began the history of Tennessee." William Harrison had married in 1763 Anne Payne, the daughter of Josias Payne of Goochland county, whose brother, John Payne, was the father of the lovely Dolly Madison. Thus, Anne Payne Harrison of Dan Valley and Dolly Madison of the White House were close kinswomen. When her home was converted into a hosptial, Ann Payne Harrison was surrounded by a large family of young children. In that long gone springtime the martial note of the bugle, awakening the hospital's staff to their daily ministrations, mingled with the clang of the farm bell, summoning the colored folk to the fields, for crops must be planted and tended whether or not wars are waged. The busy days passed in quick succession, the balmy air of April and May merging into summer's June, which brought the hospitals to a close. The last of the wounded had returned to their homes, except those few who had found a final resting place in the Valley. Farewells were said; then doctors and officers rode out of sight down the Dan River roads, as the scene of warfare moved eastward, inexorably toward Yorktown. "Note: A very beautiful hand carved walnut mantel ws salvaged from this early home of 1755 when it was being torn down some 150 years later, giving proof that pioneer life in Virginia was not always crude.

James M. Perkins Born: 1815 in Virginia Married: 1) Margaret W. Page ( - 24 Mar 1846) on 13 Jul 1843 2) Margaret Wolohan (13 Oct 1819 - 19 May 1880) on 13 Nov 1859 Died: 10 May 1878 in Potomac, Vermillion Co, Illinois Children: With Margaret ? Wolohan James Madison Perkins (25 Feb 1852 - 27 Sep 1852) Mary V. Perkins (1853 - ); m. William R. Achuff ( - 1883) on 9 Apr 1878 In Richmond, IN Charles Franklin Perkins (1855 - 1888); m. Emma E. Ullman in St. Joseph, MO Henry Perkins (1857 - ) Joseph Perkins (8 Sep 1858 - 4 Jul 1874) Marguerita Perkins (27 Jun 1862 - 18 Mar 1850) Margaret ?'s children from previous marriage to ? Wolohan Sarah "Sallie" Wolohan (1840 - 26 Aug 1926); m. David Hawkins (1839 - 7 Aug 1916) on 14 Feb 1866 Zachary T. Wolohan (17 Dec 1848 - 27 Jul 1876); violinist Anything relevant appreciated. S. Kauffman 915 S. 17th St. Arlington, VA 22202

Hi, I am researching the following family: Rachel H. Perkins b 1807 d 18 DEC 1849 Poestenkill, Rensselaer Co., NY m 1829 Philemon N. Lee, Berlin, Rensselaer Co., NY two brothers Hull Perkins Thomas Perkins Thanks in advance for any help. Mary

I just can't remember if I sent my PERKINS Line in, or whether I just thought abt it--so here it is, for the first, or maybe second time. 1 Thomas PERKINS abt 1628 Dover Neck, NH 2 Nathaniuel PERKINS abt 1658 Dover Neck, NH 3 Nathaniel Jr. PERKINS 1679 Dover Neck, NH 4 Lemuel PERKINS 1718 Dover, NH 5 Lemuel PERKINS Jr. 1751 Barrington, NH 6 Timothy PERKINS 1787 Barrington 7 John S. PERKINS 1826 Holderness, NH 8 Sumner PERKINS 1860 Albany, NH 9 Basil PERKINS 1886 Cambridge, MA 10 Barbara Hayden PERKINS 1913 Taunton, MA Would like to converse with anybody with ties to this line-----Bob mrpro@ix.netcom.com

Cousins For those of you with Virginia Roots, you really need to check the book The Descendants of Nicholas Perkins of Virginia by Hall. It is a beautifully researched book. I finally bought it last year and will gladly look up names for you if you would like. The book is available at the State Library of Virginia and I know it is in Salt Lake City. I will add that when I tried to submit my husband's line to the Jamestowne Society, Mr. Hart, the genealogist, refused to accespt the lineage because I could not find primary proof for Mary Harding as daughter of Thomas Harding and there was no evidence (primary) of marriage between their daughter Bethenia and Nicholas Perkins. Hart and other archivists do not consider Wulfuck's research as acceptable. However, every secondary source quotes virtually the same facts...So I guess you could say that my greatest goal in this line is to prove the above "facts" Carol Patricia A Grout wrote: >This is one of my Perkins lines: > >FIRST GENERATION > >1. Constantine PERKINS was born about 1692. > >Anne POLLARD was born about 1696. Constantine PERKINS and Anne POLLARD >had the following children: > > +2 i. Nicholas PERKINS. > >SECOND GENERATION > >2. Nicholas PERKINS was born in 1718 of Henrico Co., VA. WILL DATED >1762 in , Halifax Co., VA. > >He was married to Bethenia HARDING (daughter of Thomas HARDING and Mary >GILES) in 1738. Bethenia HARDING was born about 1717 of VA. Nicholas >PERKINS and Bethenia HARDING had the following children: > > +3 i. (Col) Peter PERKINS. > +4 ii. Charles PERKINS. > +5 iii. Bethenia PERKINS. > +6 iv. Nicholas PERKINS. > +7 v. Constantine PERKINS. > +8 vi. Susannah PERKINS. > +9 vii. Anna G. PERKINS. > +10 viii. Mary Harding PERKINS. > +11 ix. Thomas Hardin PERKINS. > +12 x. Elizabeth PERKINS. psmartoc@eastnet.ecu.edu Carol Pridgen Martoccia PRIDGEN Homepage : http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/6297

Here, at least, is one person who reads every Roll Call that comes through and wishes she could add her linages. Well, they must be very obscure Perkins families because nothing has appeared. They are southern, presumably originating in Virginia. Maybe someone has run across one of these people. My first lost Perkins is my Revolutionary War grandmother. Her name was Maachi Perkins - spelling is sometimes different. We've never knew exactly what it was and she's come to be known as Mickie, which we realize isn't the right name. We don't know where she was born, when she was born, or who her parents were. Maachi Perkins married Jesse Franklin, son Bernard and Mary Cleveland Franklin. The Frankilin family originated in Orange Co VA, but moved to Surry County NC before the Revollutionary War when Jesse Franklin was still a youngster. Jesse Franklin was a hero of the Battle of Guilford Court House in North Carolina and was reinterred with his cousin Richard Taliaferro (son of Dr. John Taliaferro and Mary Harden) when the site became a national park. He was US Senator from North Carolina, and the state's first elected Governor. Family heritage includes information about Maachi Perkins Franklin which describes her as a woman much admired for her warm and gentle character, and her intelligent demeanor. We would surely be happy if someone has information about our GGGGG Grandmother. The other Perkins who is lost is a possible ancestor. His name is Seth Perkins. We have attempted to find him among the Constatine and Nicholas Perkins group of Henrico County, but have not succeeded. All we know about Seth Perkins is that he had a daughter named Elizabeth who married John Moore of Bristol Parish, about 1665. Their marriage was contested by others as being 'incestuous,' and the case resolved in their favor. I hope you can help me. I've made a fairly strong effort to identify these two Perkins' families with dismal success. Thanks so much for your attention and any guidance you may be able to give me. Joyce Browning Fairfax County, Virginia